I love potatoes in almost any form—mashed, fried, baked, chips, etc. So this spring when my potatoes started to grow eyes, I decided to try to see if I could get them to grow some roots. To my surprise, after weeks of sitting above cups of water, they did just that. Once the roots grew substantially, I cut the potatoes and planted them in the ground.
For much of the next few weeks, I thought I had done something wrong as I could see nothing growing. Perhaps, I had put them in the ground too soon or not soon enough. Or maybe I dug the hole too deep and the sprouts would never find the sun.
I was so excited the first day I saw something green near where I planted the potatoes. Until I realized a few days later, that it was a weed. A week later, I discovered five new sprouts pushing themselves out of the ground right where I had planted the potatoes. I couldn’t contain my excitement!